Vapor-burner



(No Model.)

E. P. GORBY.

VAPoR BURNER.

Patented ont. 9, 1883.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD P. OORBY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

VAPOR-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,266, dated Cctober 9, 1383. Application filed May 5, lt/SSIZ. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD l. CORBY," of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in VaponBurners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part' of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the improved burner, and Fig. 2 a vertical section.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

This invention relates more especially to that part of the burner in which the vapor is generated.

A represents a burner in which the improvementis embodied. Saving the improvement, the burner is of the customary forni.

B represents the pipe through which the oil from which the vapor is generated is supplied to the burner. The upper end, b, of the pipe is made to constitute the retort in which the vapor is generated; but in place of having the outlet b from the retort at the top thereof, as heretofore has been customary, it is arranged at a level considerably below the top ofthe retort, as shown in Fig. 2. The result is that the vapor, through its expansive force, operates to check the liow of the liquid oil in the pipe and keep it below the rIhe higher the degree,

then, to which the retort is heated, the more steadily the vapor is supplied to the burner, and the more certainly is the liquid oil prevented from iiowing to the burner.'

O represents the valve for regulating the burner. It seats at c.

D representsthe defiector for spreading the flame in starting the burner. It is similar to the deiiector described in a pending application; butin the present case the bar E constitutes a stop for kthe deiiector, as shown in Fig. 1.

The bar F supports the deflector. The bars E F also serve to conduct the heat from the upper portion of the burner downward to the valve-tube O.

I claim#n l. The supply-pipe B, having a burner-re tort at its upper part and an outlet for the vapor near its lower end, the valve in said outlet, the stop-bar E, the adjustable deilector D, and the support F therefor, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the supply-pipe B. retort b, outlet b', valve-tube O, and bars E F, cast in one piece, substantially as described.

v EDWARD P. GORBY. Witnesses:

C. D. MOODY,

Trios. L. JoNEs. 

